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2		-	Union Calendar No. 257
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3	2		118THCONGRESS
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5	4		STSESSION H. R. 3229
6		-	[Report No. 118–318]
7	5		To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the prohibition
8	6		against contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection
9	7		with elections to contributions or donations in connection with ballot
10	8		initiatives and referenda.
11	9		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12	10		MAY11, 2023
13	11		Mr. F
14	12		ITZPATRICK(for himself and Mr. GOLDENof Maine) introduced the
15	13		following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
16		-	D
17		-	ECEMBER14, 2023
18		-	Additional sponsors: Mr. J
19		-	ACKSONof North Carolina, Mr. KILMER, Ms.
20		-	P
21		-	EREZ, Mr. ALLRED, and Ms. SLOTKIN
22		-	D
23		-	ECEMBER14, 2023
24		-	Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House
25		-	on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
26		-	[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
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29	14		A BILL
30	15		To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
31	16		apply the prohibition against contributions and donations
32	17		by foreign nationals in connection with elections to con-
33	18		tributions or donations in connection with ballot initia-
34	19		tives and referenda.
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37	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
38	21		tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
39	22		SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
40	23		This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Foreign Funds 4
41	24		in Elections Act’’. 5
42		-	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS 6
43		-	BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CONNECTION 7
44		-	WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES AND
45		-	REFERENDA 8
46		-	REFERENDA AND RECALL ELECTIONS . 9
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	28	+	SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS 1
	29	+	BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CONNECTION 2
	30	+	WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES AND REFERENDA. 3
47	31		(a) P
48		-	ROHIBITION.—Section 319(a)(1)(A) of the Fed-10
49		-	eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 11
50		-	30121(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including a 12
51		-	State or local ballot initiative or
52		-	referendumreferendum 13
53		-	or recall election’’ after ‘‘State, or local election’’. 14
	32	+	ROHIBITION.—Section 319(a)(1)(A) of the Fed-4
	33	+	eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 5
	34	+	30121(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, including a 6
	35	+	State or local ballot initiative or referendum’’ after ‘‘State, 7
	36	+	or local election’’. 8
54	37		(b) E
55		-	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 15
56		-	this section shall apply with respect to contributions and 16
57		-	donations made on or after the date of the enactment of 17
58		-	this Act. 18
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60		-	257
61		-	118
62		-	TH
63		-	CONGRESS
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65		-	ST
66		-	S
67		-	ESSION
68		-
69		-	H. R. 3229
70		-	[Report No. 118–318]
71		-	A BILL
72		-	To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of
73		-	1971 to apply the prohibition against contribu-
74		-	tions and donations by foreign nationals in con-
75		-	nection with elections to contributions or dona-
76		-	tions in connection with ballot initiatives and
77		-	referenda.
78		-	D
79		-	ECEMBER
80		-	14, 2023
81		-	Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee
82		-	of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
83		-	dered to be printed
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	38	+	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 9
	39	+	this section shall apply with respect to contributions and 10
	40	+	donations made on or after the date of the enactment of 11
	41	+	this Act. 12
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